No Calls, No Texting for Drivers, Votes NTSB
I have a few comments and questions:
2. I watched them on CNBC talking about with some lady from NTSB, they DON"T want to ban GPS devices, or anything that will assist the driver, they just want to ban text, tweets, and posts (lol, I know what she was getting at), but listen, I use my cell as a GPS (I have an android, and I use google maps to navigate alot, my...
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just like speed limit, i got ticketed twice on a Saturday morning when i'm the only one on freeway! what is wrong with going a little faster?
Texting and driving has surpassed drunk driving as the leading cause of accidents. Not eating Big Macs. Not reading the papers. Not putting on make-up. Not blasting the radio. While all these things are without a doubt dangerous and can be enforced under law if seemed fit, the NTSB wants to reduce the amount of the largest percentage of causes. That is the directive.
I will go on record however, as to admit that banning Bluetooth use, is a bit extreme.
John B.
"56 percent of fatal crashes involved some sort of aggressive driving".
They basically defined "aggressive" as intentional. Cell phone usage was not mentioned in the number one cause of fatal accidents.
Bottom line is that just because there's a small fringe movement of moms who lost their teenage kids due to someone texting doesn't mean it's the "number one" reason for accidents.
http://accident-law.freeadvice.com/accident-law/auto ... »
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